a playlist for Hermione Jean Granger

Music for studying dark magic, hanging in the common room with Ron and Harry, being an ambitious young woman, and twirling in pink dresses when nobody's looking.

The brightest witch of her age. from anaisabel13 on 8tracks Radio.

Paper Forest - In The Afterglow of Rapture - Emmy the Great
Beth/Rest (Rare Book Room) - Bon Iver
Arabesque No. 1 - Claude Debussy
Optimistic - Radiohead
She Will - Savages
Stand on the Horizon - Franz Ferdinand
Heaven in the Afternoon - Belle & Sebastian
Aha! - Imogen Heap
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Don't Panic - Coldplay
(Nice Dream) - Radiohead
O Children - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This Is The Night - The Weird Sisters
Young Blood - Birdy
Leaving Hogwarts - John Williams

Hopefully this brightens a dreary day for someone. I know Harry Potter will always cheer me up, especially Hermione. She's been a really important female role model in my life, especially as a scrawny, graceless bookworm in elementary school. I think she showed me that being "nerdy" is a trait to be valued, and I'm grateful for that. And for J.K. Rowling, of course. If you like Harry Potter, I suggest you check out wizard rock; it's a completely legitimate genre of music, I swear. I suggest "The Bravest Man I Ever Knew," by the Ministry of Magic. (Bring on the tears.)

Until next time,
Ana